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J. A. HOLLENBERGBR.

HARNESS BUCKLE. No. 386,070.

Patented July l0, 1888.

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TO JOHN R. MCKEE,

HARNESS OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,070, dated July 10, 1888.

Application tiled November l5` i887.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be :it known that l, JOHN A. HoLLnNena GER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vichita, in the county of Sedgwick and 5 State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-'larness-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved har ness-buckle, which is illustrated in the accent Io panying drawings.

Figure l is a top View of the buckle-frame attached to a strap. Fig. 2 is an edge or side View of the saine. Fig. 3 is a top View ofthe metal latchet. Fig. 4 is an edge or side View ofthesaine. Fig is a top View ofthe complete buckle, incl udi ng the frame and the latchct and thestraps. rlhis buckle is particularly adapted for traces of line harness. Fig. 6 is a central longitudinal section of the complete buckle and straps.

The buckle-frame A is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. At one end the two side bars ot' the frame curve down, as at b, and are connected by a cross -bar, c, to which a strap or tug, D, is attached. At the other end the two side bars are connected by a. front cross-bar7 e, which is provided on ils lower side with a lug-tongue, j". Between the two ends ofthe frame is a central cross-bar, g, elevatedalittle abovethetwo side bars. The metal latchet Hlias a Yflat thumb-plate, t, provided atits end with an upturned flanged'. The 0pposite end forms a loop which eucircles the strap and adapts the latehet to slide on the strap. The two side bars, k, of theloop curve down from the hat thumb-plate, and at their ends are connected by a cross-bar, Z. The trace N has the usual holes, j", to receive the lug-tonguef on the frame.

The frame A is attached t0 the strap-tug D, which is usually connected with the haines. The metal latchet H is placed loosely on the trace N, which latter is then passed through the buckleframe A, and the lugtongue f 45 thereon enters one ofthe holesfl in the trace.

The latchet H is then moved along the trace Serial No. 255,191. (No model.)

N until its thumbplatet crosses overthe front cross-bar, e. The thumbplate end is then pressed toward the trace to allow the npturned flangej to pass ander the central crossbar, g, and between it and the trace. The latchet is then moved a little farther to allow the [langej to pass under and engage with the bar g, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The latchet H holds the crossbar c of the frame close to the trace N and confines the lug-tongue j" in the hole. rIhis buckle admits of lengthening and shortening the trace without removing its end from the keeper o. Thus there is no nccessity to bend the trace, and it always maintains a straight-line position, as in Fig. 6.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the latchet-'lange j is engaged with the back of the cross-bar g; but in Figs. 1 and 2 the said cross-barg hasa loop or slot, j', into which the latchet-flangej` may en ter. The cross-bar y may be made either way.

rlhis buckle may be made with or without the ordinary loops at sides and ends, which receive the back, belly, and holdback straps.

Having described lnyinvention, Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States- A harness-buckle having, in combination, a buckle-frame, A, provided at one end with a cross-bar, c, and at the other end with a cross-bar, e, having a lng-tongue,j', and a central cross bar, g, between the said two end crossbars, and a separate metal latchet, H, provided with a thumb-plate, z', which crosses over the lug-tongue bar, and has on its end an npturned ilange, j, to enga-ge with the central cross-bar, and a loop to encircle the strap having a cross-bar, Z, which is to take position on the side of the strap opposite that where the said lug-'tongue bar is located.

In testimony whereofI afx my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. HOLLENBERGER.

Vitnesses:

W. J. KANE, S. N. Hawes. 

